SANAA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- At least five children were killed in a projectile attack in Yemen's embattled port city of Hodeidah on Thursday, the Saudi-backed government forces said in a statement.
The attack targeted the al-Nasir quarter in the west of the government-controlled Tahita district on the southern edge of Hodeidah city, according to the statement carried by Alamalika, media website of the government forces.
The statement also blamed the projectile attack on Houthi rebels.
The government troops have started to mass on the southern outskirts of Hodeidah since last June.
The warring forces have so far failed to withdraw from Hodeidah and its southern districts in accordance with the UN-sponsored Stockholm Peace Agreement reached last December.
The deal aimed to avert an all-out offensive on the lifeline port city, which is the key entry of Yemen's most commercial imports and international aid.
The Saudi-led military coalition intervened in Yemen in March 2015 to support the government of President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi after Houthi rebels forced him into exile and seized much of the country's north, including the capital Sanaa and Hodeidah.
The four-year civil war has killed more than 10,000 people, mostly civilians, displaced 3 million others, and pushed the country to the brink of famine.
